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GLOVE FASTENER.

No. 407,295. I Patented July 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDlVIN J. KRAETZER, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEXV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE.INTERNATIONAL FASTENING COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,295, dated July 16,1889.

Application filed March 5, 1889- Serial No. 301,854. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. KRAETZER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners forGloves and other Articles, of which the following is a fullspecification.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the cap of the button-holemember; Fig. 2, the fastener-eyelet which embraces the head of the stud;Fig. 3, the cap, fasteningeyelet, filling, and clinching-eyeletassembled together; Fig. 4, the recessed washer; Fig. 5, the completebutton-hole member; Fig. 6, the filling of the button-hole member, andFig. 7 the clinching-eyelet of the button-hole memher.

My invention consists of the improvements in fasteners for gloves,garments, and other articles, as hereinafter fully described.

I preferably employ a resilient or spring button-hole member to engagewith a plain inelastic button member.

Referring now to the button-hole member, E is the cap or cover, withinwhich is directly placed the flange of the fastening-eyelet, designed toembrace the neck of the stud, the said eyelet, as herein shown, beingslotted to render it resilient. K is a washer, made of leather board orany suitable material to act as a filling, being introduced into the capunder the flange of the fastening-eyelet F, while under the filling isplaced in turn the flange of the clinching-eyelet Gr, thedownwardlyprojecting shank of which surrounds the shank of the saidfastening-eyelet. The under edges of the cap E are clinched under andaround the flange of the clinching-eyelet G, thus retaining the piecesin place.

The button-hole member is sent to the trade in two parts, one of which(shown in Fig. 3) consists of the cap, fastening-eyelet, filling, andclinching-eyelet, held together as described, and the otherpartconsisting of the recessed washer II, as shown in Fig. 4. Thiswasher, shaped as shown in Fig. at, is rolled up to form around the samethe annular recess 71, of such a shape as to receive the shank of thedownwardly-projecting clinching-eyelet G and round it out therein whenpressed up against it. When it is to be fastened to the leather orfabric, a hole is made therein of sufficient size to contain theclinching-eyeletG, and the cap containing all the parts of thebutton-hole member, as shown in Fig. 3, except the washer H, is placedon the upper surface of the leather with the shank of the fasteningeyelet projecting downward through the hole. Then by suitable pressurethe said shank is rounded out within the recess of the washer H on theunder side of the fabric. In this manner the parts are very simply andeasily clinched together. The

parts of the two members are so formed that when fastened together theshank of the fastening-eyelet embraces the neck of the stud.

If the stud is made stiff and inelastic, the fastening-eyelet must bemade resilient in any way. As herein shown, the fastening-eyelet is slitto give it the necessary resiliency. If desired, however, a resilientstud may be employed, in which case the fasteningeyelet would be madeinelastic.

It will be noticed that the button-hole member is so made that theclinching-eyelet is turned outward against an anvil-shaped or clinchingsurface in the member itself, so that simple pressure serves to fastenthe parts to the leather or fabric, instead of making it necsary todepend on carefully-shaped dies. Furthermore, it is of great advantagein the button-hole member to have the clinching done on the under sideof the fabric, instead of above the fabric within the cap, as commonly.In my improved fastener the flange of the clinching-e5 elet is retainedin the cap ,of the button -hole member, while the clinching, thoughaccomplished under the fabric, is out of sight by reason of thepeculiarly-shaped recessed washer.

I claim- 1. A member of a fastener, consisting of a cap, astud-embracing fastening-eyelet, a suitable filling, and adownwardly-projecting clinching-eyelet held by its flange within saidcap, in combination with a recessed anvilplate, substantially asdescribed.

2. The button-hole member of a fastener, consisting of a cap E, astud-embracing fastening-eyelet F, and a downwardly-projecting Inwitness whereof I have hereunto set my clinchingeyelet G, held by itsflange Within hand.

the said cap in combination with a recessed I 7 1r anvil-plate asherI-I, whereby the final clinch- ED IXRAEVI 5 ing of the parts to theleather or fabric is in- WVitnesses:

visibly accomplished beneath the said leather CHAS. N. HARRIS,

or fabric, substantially as described. \VM. B. H. DOWsE.

